Photo Gallery- several collections from various photographers at the Congress

The
Congress produced the following statement:

The
International Vegetarian Union (IVU) which comprises over 100 vegetarian
societies around the world, at its 35th World Vegetarian Congress
with 300 participants, calls on the WSSD (World Summit on Sustainable
Development) meeting in Johannesburg in August, to take active steps
to reduce meat consumption globally. This action is needed in order
to reduce the adverse effect of factory farming and meat production
on the environment, on human nutrition and health and on animal
welfare.

The
world's population can then live more healthily on a plant-based
diet, scarce global food resources can be fed directly to humans,
rather than wastefully to farm animals and water, land and air quality
would also be enhanced.-
July 12th 2002 -- IVU Council

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